Combination coin purse and billfold wallet



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COMBINATION COIN PURSE AND BILLF'OLD WALLET Filed Jan. l2, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Wil/iam lj'. Kusrs INVENToR.

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Application January 12, 1953, Serial No. 330,779

1 Claim. (Cl. 15037) My invention relates to improvements in wallets of the combination coin purse and bill fold type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a combined coin purse and bill fold wallet in which the combination purse and bill fold may both be opened at the same time conveniently and easily for quick change making with the entire contents of the coin purse readily visible and the bills exposed to view to facilitate selection of the proper amount of change and bills of the required denomination.

Another object is to provide a combination coin purse and bill fold in which the coin purse closes over the bill fold to maintain the bill fold tightly closed.

Another object is to provide a combination coin purse and bill fold for the above purposes which may be folded into compact pocket size form and which is strong and durable and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Other and subordinate objects together with the precise nature of my improvements and the advantages thereof will be readily understood when the following description is read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a view in perspective of my combination coin purse and bill fold closed;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the same opened;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view in longitudinal section taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged view in transverse section taken on the line 4--4 of Figure 2 and partly broken away;

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the bill fold unfolded and partly broken away and detached from the coin purse;

Figure 6 is a view in perspective of the coin purse partly opened and with the bill fold detached;

Figure 7 is a view drawn to a smaller scale of the blank of which the bill fold is formed;

Figure 8 is a view of the blank of which the coin purse is formed;

Figure 9 is a plan view of the front sheet of the coin purse; and

Figure 10 is a view of the strip forming the front of the bill fold.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the coin purse, designated generally by the numeral 1 and which is preferably formed of leather, is substantially rectangular when open or closed and comprises a rectangular pocket 5 intermediate top and bottom closure fiaps 7, 9, foldable into overlapping closing relation. The coin purse 1 is formed of a back sheet 11 and shorter front sheet 13.

The back sheet 11 is substantially T-shaped in blank form, as shown in Figure 8, with a rounded top edge 17 and a reduced rectangular bottom flap portion 19 and and a pair of bottom tabs 21, 23, at each side of said portion 19. The back sheet 11 is folded inwardly upon itself at its sides along parallel vertical lines 25, 27, and at bottom corners upon opposite sides of the portion 19 along lines 29, 31, diagonal to lines 25, 27, to form a pair of longitudinal separated wings 33, 35, overlapping the inner face of the ap 7 at opposite sides thereof, and a pair of triangular back sections 37, 39, in the pocket 5 folded over the wings 33, 35, and diverging downwardly in said pocket and having the tabs 21, 23, therein positioned for folding to form ends for the pocket.

The front sheet 13 which is of the proper size to cover the ap portion 19 and form the front of the pocket 5 is then cemented to the inner face of said portion 19 and the tabs 21, 23, are then folded along lines 41, 43, inwardly on the back sections 37, 39, and forwardly over the front sheet 13 and stitched thereto as at 45, 47, to form the ends and front of the pocket 5 as shown in Figures 2 and 4.

As will be seen, the bottom ap 9 is formed of two plies and is foldable on the horizontal line 49 as shown in Figures 6 and 8 over the front of the pocket 5 into closing position. The top closure flap 7 is foldable on the line 51 (see Figures 6 and 8) over the bottom ap 9 into closing position.

As best shown in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 6, the back sheet 11 between the flaps A7, 9, forms the back of the pocket and when the coin purse 1 is closed, the wings 33. 35, are folded on the flap 7 and between the back and front of the pocket and the back sections 37, 39, are folded on the wings 33, 35, in the pocket 5. However, as shown in broken lines in Figure 6, when the top flap 7 is opened, the back sheet 11 may be swung rearwardly' on the line 49 away from the front of the pocket 5, as shown in Figure 6, and the wings 33, 35, and sections 37, 39, may then be unfolded so that the pocket 5 is wide open with all the contents therein clearly visible.

Suitable fasteners 53, 55, are provided on the flaps 7 and 9, respectively, to fasten the same closed.

The bill fold designated as a unit 61, is of elongated rectangular shape and of the proper size to hold United States Government bills. Also, as conventional the bill fold 61 folds at its transverse center 62 upon itself into a pair of side-by-side half sections 63, 65.

According to my invention, one section 65, is fixed in a manner presently to be described, to the pocket 5 in front thereof to extend longitudinally across the pocket which is of the same size as section 65, and the other section 63 may be unfolded to extend from one end of the pocket 5 outwardly from the coin purse 1 as shown in Figure 2, or folded onto the fixed section 65 in front of the fixed section 65 so that the top and bottom aps 7, 9, of the coin purse 1 may be closed over the folded bill fold 61 to maintain the folding section 63 folded.

The bill fold 61 comprises a piece of leather which when spread out in the form of a blank as shown in Figure 7, comprises an elongated rectangular shaped strip 67 foldable upon itself on the transverse central line 69 to form the back 71 of the bill pocket 73 of the bill fold.

An elongated frontl strip 75, best shown in Figure l0, also of leather and slightly shorter than the strip 67 is imposed on said strip 67 and forms the front of said pocket 73 and is foldable along the transverse central line 77 of the strip 75 when the bill fold 61 is folded.

A pair of aps .79, 81, on one longitudinal edge of the strip 67 on opposite sides of the transverse center of said strip 67 are' foldable on lines 83, 85, at said edge over and in front 'of the strip 75 with edge tabs 87, 89, folded over a top longitudinal edge 91 on the strip 75 and secured thereto by cement, not shown, said flaps 79, 81, forming bottoms for the pocket 73. End tabs 93, 95, on the strip 67 are folded over the flaps 79, 81, at opposite ends of the bill fold 61 and suitably secured thereto as by cement, not shown. The flap 79 has the form of a masking frame behind which the usual transparent panel 97 is positioned. The flap 79, panel 97, tab 93, and strip 75, form the usual tranparent front holder for an identification card 99. The flap 81, tab 95, and strip 75, form the usual card holder for miscellaneous items.

The fixed section 65 of the bill fold 61 may be attached to the pocket by passing the stitches 45, 47, through the back 71 of the bill pocket 73, and by a line of stitches 101 at the bottom of said section 65 and pocket 5.

As will be seen from Figure 6, the coin purse may be opened so that it forms a trough as shown in dotted lines in which the entire contents are readily visible, while with the bill fold opened into the position shown in Figure 2, the contents thereof are readily accessible.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufice to aord a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly modifications of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the inventive concept and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what is claimed as new is:

In a wallet, a billfold comprising elongated rectangular front and back connected strips forming an upwardly opening billfold foldable at its transverse center to provide billfold half sections of like length one foldable over the other, and a coin purse comprising front and back sheets folded and connected together to form an upwardly opening coin pocket having a bottom ap thereon and a top closure ap on said back sheet, said other billfold section being attached by the back strip of said billfold to the front sheet of the coin purse in front of the coin pocket, said coin pocket being of the same size as said billfold sections and said aps being of the same length as the billfold sections and foldable over the billfold sections when said one billfold section is swung over the other and completely enclosing said billfold sections with the top ap closing both of said pockets, said back sheet and top ap being swingable rearwardly of the coin pocket, and a pair of wings on said back and front sheets and top flap folded thereon and unfoldable when the back sheet and top ap are swung rearwardly to form with said front sheet a flat bottom trough out of the clclain purse extending endwise rearwardly of said front s eet.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,630,446 Nicklin May 31, 1927 1,723,117 Alstrand Aug. 6, 1929 1,815,083 Weinberg July 2l, 1931 1,937,384 Hess Nov. 28, 1933 2,217,556 Lupfer et al. Oct. 8, 1940 2,390,748 Swanson Dec. l1, 1945 

